Imagine going to some "elite" college to study international diplomacy and then getting paid by the US government to save the world. Now that the dementia patient has tightened up NATO they have now signed up Ecuador to help save astronauts who are in distress. We roll over for the chicoms, but damn we are getting papers signed. Like the chicoms give a damn about about any signed treaty, they are going to do what they want unless they are faced with real opposition and consequences.
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/06/21/ecuador-signs-artemis-accords-nasa/3711687377478/

June 21 (UPI) -- Ecuador became the 26th nation to join the Artemis Accords Wednesday.
The accords "establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations, including those participating in NASA's Artemis program," according to NASA.
NASA says the Artemis Accords reinforce prior agreements regarding space exploration.
"The Artemis Accords reinforce and implement key obligations in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. They also reinforce the commitment by the United States and signatory nations to the Registration Convention, the Rescue and Return Agreement, as well as the best practices and norms of responsible behavior that NASA and its partners have supported," NASA says.
The Rescue and Return Agreement, which was passed by the U.N. General Assembly in 1967 and formalized in 1968, establishes the rule that spacefaring nations will "take all possible steps to rescue and assist astronauts in distress and promptly return them to the launching state."
At a signing ceremony at the Ecuadorian embassy in Washington, D.C., NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said, "Today, Ecuador joins the group of nations committed to safeguarding outer space for the future."